Omaha daily bee., 1887-11-06

ment on this subject. ] believe no final de-
cision has yet been arrived at.
Since the secession of DIR. Newman from
the English church no event has caused
such a profound sensation in the religious
world as Mr.. Spurgeon's withdrawal from
the Baptist union. ] gave you an early in
timation of this great shock to the non con-
formst body. The effect surpasses anything
which was anticipated. Nothing else is
talked of in dissenting circles. The whole OF
Surgeons church will not withdraw from
the union and other churches will follow.
Some condemn Mr. Spurgeon on the ground
of what they call his narrow minded views
and of the scandal he is bringing upon the
Baptist community, but, so far as very care
full inquiries enable me to judge, the majority
approve Spurgcon's coDdnct and hold that
he was driven to adopt it.
Calvanism is % strict creed, but
those who profess it should be true to its
principles and not open the doors of com
munion wide enough to receive all sects and
even free thinkers Such is Mr. Spurgeon's
position and nothing will turn him from IT.
The leaders of the union are thrown into
utter CONSERVATION. The Baptist newspapers
are all at logger heads. Only Spurgeon's own
organ, called Sword aud Trowel, is calm, col
lected and confident. The rcverberations of
this explosion will be heard in all parts of
the civilized world
Lord Lytton has had all his plans
upset by the mischance of Gerald
Balfour falling i'll with typhoid fever
| in his house. Next Wednesday was the day
appointed for Balfour's marriage with Lord
Lytton's daughter, lady endowed with
great personal attractions. The lover goes
| on visit to his future father-in-law, catches
| the typhoid fever and gets laid up for nobody
| knows how long. What is the new ambassa-
| dor to dos Go to his post and leave the
| young people behind or leave only the one
| the least interesting of the couple Shall
| the marriage be postponed indefinitely or
| shall the ceremony be performed as soon as
| the poor man is well enough to be about!
| These are the questions which are now agi-
| tatng the classic shades of Knebworth. An
] alliance ntcrrupted-not a triple alliance
| neutrality-suspicious. the soul of the French
ambassador Gerald Balfour is Il somewhat
sickly man of thirty five and has served as
private secretary to his uncle, Lord Sails
bury. He is getting better, but nothing can
atone for his falling i'll at such a time and
| place.
There is no foundation for the rumor cur
rent here this evening that a scheme for
| buying UP the Irish landlords has been ma
turcd and is now cut and dried in the hands
| of the ministry Several schemes, including
Chambcrain's, have been suggested, but
nothing has yet been decided, and it is even
doubtful whether the government will under
take to deal at all with the question of land
purchase next year
| Some one has stolen ii few proof sheets of
;fn Of al,
them to the Pail Mall Gazette where no.
tcc of them appears. This is under Il guise
of IA review of the entire work. 1t is quite
plain to anyone who has really seen the book
that only IA few fragments have fallen into
Stead's hands or he could scarcely have alb
stained from making some remarkable quo
tations. There are letters in the three vol
umes of the most interest to the part
appearing in the Pail Mall Gazette
A reviewer who had chance OF
| printing them and missed it would desire
months of Imprisonment. The pretended re-
| view is much in advance of any other paper
for the earliest copies work cannot be ISSUED
till the 18th. 1t makes bit of a stir, but is
so very dull that the demand for the work is
| not likely to be stimulated.
Tor Coquctins performance in ''Le Jul
Polonaisei' c'The Bells') on Monday there
| is already great run on the booking office
| The tilthincss of the theater-never cleaned
and left TO 90 to pieces with dry rot-i'
enough to keep many people away, bat these
objections will be overcome by the curiosity
to see CoQuetn in one of irving's great parts
If a decent theater could be obtained fol
Mayors company everybody would be bettel
pleased, including the actors who are nearly
poisoned in their dressing rooms by eXhala
tons which exceed in pungcncy and numbe
the smells of cologne